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nudation
CIDE DICTIONARY
nudation, n. [L. nudatio, fr. nudare to make naked, fr. nudus naked. See Nude.].
The act of stripping, or making bare or naked. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
nudation
Divestment
N divestment, taking off, nudity, bareness, undress, dishabille, the altogether, nudation, denudation, decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation, molting, exfoliation, trichosis, divested, bare, naked, nude, undressed, undraped, denuded, exposed, in dishabille, bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless, in a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit, in puris naturalibus, with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked, bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's hand, out at elbows, barefoot, bareback, barebacked, leafless, napless, hairless.
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